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The Nd5 Sacrifice! | Grandmaster's Choice - GM Dariusz Swiercz

Grandmaster Dariusz Swiercz gives his take on sacrificing one's knight on d5, usually from the Sicilian Defense. See when it's good and when it's bad.

2021.05.05
Gadir Guseinov vs Maxim Matlakov, World Cup (2015)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1801134
Wesley So vs. Mark Paragua, 2013: B96 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7.f4
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Istanbul Olympiad (2012): B96 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7.f4
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1688950